Study Bioprocess Engineering (B. Eng.)

• The seven-semester full-time degree program comprises 32 modules – each of which requires an examination.
• In the first semesters, you will acquire and deepen basic knowledge of natural sciences and engineering, while in the second half of your studies you will deal intensively with (bio)process engineering.
• In a two-semester module at the beginning of your studies, you will learn and consolidate your skills in technical English. Thus, you will be prepared for the fourth semester, in which we conduct all courses entirely in English. In addition, English-language lectures are regularly offered by faculty from our international partner universities. If you wish, you can spend a semester abroad, benefiting from our worldwide network.
• Get prepared for professional life: You will gain valuable practical experience during your study-related work placement in the second half of the sixth semester and the first half of the seventh semester.
• The second half of the seventh semester is dedicated to your Bachelor's thesis, with which you will successfully complete your studies.

Theoretical expertise is important –  but it is just as important to be able to apply this knowledge practically. That is why we attach great importance to the fact that our students do not only learn scientific methods in the lecture hall, but also in our laboratories.

During your studies, you will deepen and expand knowledge gained from lectures in laboratory projects and group exercises: For example, you might separate and analyze samples of a beach polluted with plastic waste or work out a process to produce biodiesel from algae. But even brewing beer is nothing more than a bioprocess!

As part of the practical tasks, you will gather experience of working in a team and practice critically questioning experimental results as well as presenting them. During your laboratory work, you will also become familiar with working methods used in industrial practice and your will learn to work on tasks independently.

An important part of your studies takes place in these laboratories:

• Labor für Mikrobiologie und Bioverfahrenstechnik (German only)
• Labor für Chemie/Physikalische Chemie (German only)
• Verfahrenstechnisches Technikum (German only)

Do you have questions or are you unsure whether this degree program is the one for you? Get in touch with the head of degree course, Prof. Dr. Heike Holthues. She will be happy to advise you.

After your bachelor's degree, you will have a broad, interdisciplinary knowledge and will thus be ideally prepared for highly qualified jobs in development, production and sales – and in a wide variety of sectors: Whether chemical or biotechnological industry, process engineering, food industry, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry, environmental technology and energy generation or companies in apparatus and plant engineering – the career prospects for you are excellent. Specialists in bioprocess engineering are highly sought after on the job market and can expect attractive starting salaries. Alternatively, you can of course deepen your studies by taking up a master's program at home or abroad.

In cooperation with RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, we offer the German-language master's degree program Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering. The focus at our university is on the following main topics:

• Bioreaction technology,
• genetic engineering,
• recent developments in medicine,
• large-scale production of antibiotics and special methods in downstream processing,
• renewable energies and renewable raw materials.